ChristopherTRitchlinMD

Rheumatology • Rochester, NY

Rheumatoid Arthritis & Related, Vasculitis

Professor, Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

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Office
400 Red Creek Dr
Suite 240
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone+1 585-486-0901

Fax+1 585-340-5399

Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Rheumatology, 1986 - 1989
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1985
Albany Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1984 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Fellow (FACR) American College of Rheumatology

Clinical Trials

Centocor Microarray Study of Patients Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 4
Draining PLN and Synovial Inflammation in RA Knee Joints Pre and Post Anti-TNF or B Cell Depletion Therapy Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 01
Terminated
Certolizumab and Lower Extremity Lymph Flow in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Completed
National Psoriasis Foundation - Dendritic Cell-Specific Transmembrane Protein (DC-Stamp) Biomarker Study Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
NIR Fluorescence Imaging of Lymphatic Transport Using ICG Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 08
Completed
Phase 1
Teriparatide as a Chondroregenerative Therapy in OA Start of enrollment: 2017 May 01
Completed
Phase 2
Multi-Center PAMPA Study Start of enrollment: 2022 Feb 16
Recruiting
Phase 4
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

59 citations
In vivo quantification of lymph viscosity and pressure in lymphatic vessels and draining lymph nodes of arthritic joints in mice
Echoe M. Bouta, Ronald W. Wood, Edward B. Brown, Homaira Rahimi, Christopher T. Ritchlin
The Journal of Physiology. 2014-03-15
35 citations
Differential expression of the small inducible cytokines GRO α and GROβ by synovial fibroblasts in chronic arthritis: Possible role in growth regulation
Margaret Hogan, Barbara Sherry, Christopher T. Ritchlin, Myriam Fabre, Robert Winchester
Cytokine. 1994-01-01
67 citations
Targeting Notch-Activated M1 Macrophages Attenuates Joint Tissue Damage in a Mouse Model of Inflammatory Arthritis
Wen Sun, Hengwei Zhang, Hua Wang, Yahui Grace Chiu, Mengmeng Wang
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2017-07-01

Journal Articles

Psoriasis: Psychosomatic, Somatopsychic, or Both?
Chase W Kwon, Francisco Tausk, Christopher Ritchlin, ScienceDirect

Lectures

American College of Rheumatology (ACR): Winter Rheumatology Symposium
American College of Rheumatology(ACR), Snowmass, Colorado - 1/26/2013

Press Mentions

Meet the Professor: Axial SpondyloarthritisOctober 14th, 2024
Guselkumab Brings Active Psoriatic Arthritis into ‘Stringent’ Control Through 2 YearsJuly 11th, 2024
Good News on GuselkumabMay 26th, 2023
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Grant Support

Role Of B Cells In Synovial Inflammation &Ln Remodeling In RA ArthritisNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2010–2011
Osteoclastic Bone Resorption In Psoriatic ArthritisNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2001–2003

Professional Memberships

American College of Rheumatology - ACR
Fellow